Don’t worry, Presidents Day is still a February holiday, but a January presidents’ day is coming up soon for BYU and its sister schools BYU-Idaho and BYU-Hawaii. The presidents of all three schools are scheduled to speak at winter semester-opening devotionals on Tuesday, making it a major day in the Church Educational System of The … Read more
Duke Energy said crews were working hard to restore power for thousands Saturday in the wake of overnight snow, sleet, and freezing rain. Officials said they saw around 54,000 customers impacted across the Carolinas Friday night. ALSO READ: Icy conditions remain across the Carolinas “We were able to make good progress and restored 37,000 overnight,” … Read more
The winter storm Western North Carolina residents prepared for this week has passed most of the region, leaving behind snow and ice. A winter storm warning was extended from 7 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, to noon Saturday. National Weather Service meteorologists told the Citizen Times that there are still some snow showers affecting areas near … Read more
Jan. 11—GRAND FORKS — Accessing more information about a fatal shooting carried out by a police officer on the Turtle Mountain Reservation in northern North Dakota has proven difficult, continuing a trend the Grand Forks Herald has observed with all Native American reservations in North Dakota. On Dec. 29, a Belcourt man was fatally shot … Read more
Jan. 11—GRAND FORKS — A new committee to study consolidation of the Grand Forks jail and sheriff’s departments will likely include a wide variety of stakeholders, according to County Commissioner Mark Rustad. At the commission meeting on Jan. 7, commissioners empowered Rustad to form a committee to stud y the logistics, legality and ways that … Read more
Disappointment or delight greeted Friday’s anticipated first snowfall since 2022, which saw the Upstate experience less than many expected as residents prepared for up to three inches of snow and sleet in the area. According to the National Weather Service at GSP Airport (NWSGSP), their Thursday afternoon weather warning forecast around one to three inches … Read more
Choppy seas in the Atlantic could still cause a delay, but Blue Origin remains on the clock for an overnight launch of its New Glenn rocket on the Space Coast. The 321-foot-tall rocket making its debut on the NG-1 mission is targeting a three-hour window from 1-4 a.m. Sunday for liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space … Read more
Jan. 11—Should New Mexico be more concerned about net neutrality? Not necessarily, a local academic says, but it will become a more prominent issue in the future. Earlier this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals struck down the Federal Communications Commission’s rules on net neutrality, which require that internet service providers treat all internet traffic … Read more
Evacuations have been ordered for areas of Los Angeles east of the uncontained Palisades fire – as the Santa Ana winds that initially fueled the four-day inferno are expected to moderately pick up. The Los Angeles fire department issued a new immediate evacuation order at 7pm local time on Friday to areas that cover Sunset … Read more
The Arkansas Valley Conduit (AVC) has received another $250 million in funding to advance the decades-long project to bring clean drinking water to communities east of Pueblo. According to a Jan. 8 news release from the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Calimlim Touton traveled to Pueblo on Wednesday to … Read more